Charles Albert “Chief” Bender signed as a Free Agent before the 1903 Season with the Philadelphia Athletics, and the "City of Brotherly Love" would be his home for the next 12 seasons.  Bender would be considered one of the nicest guys of the American League, but more importantly, he was one of the better hurlers in the game.

Sal Bando played most of his career with the Athletics, and there was a time when he was considered one of the best Third Basemen in the American League.

Mark McGwire may have set the single-season Home Run record when he was with the St. Louis Cardinals, but it was in Oakland where he first became a star and would have his greatest overall success.

The heroics of Reggie Jackson may have been at the most viewed in New York City, but it all began with the Athletics.